VIDEO: Skyscraper Hotel Engulfed In Flames & doesn’t collapse (Grozny, Chechnya)

Skyscraper Engulfed By Fire, Does Not Collapse

Building refuses to conform to post-9/11 understanding of physics

Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
April 4, 2013

The new understanding of physics since September 11, 2001, that limited fire damage can cause buildings to implode at almost free fall speed into their own footprints, was confounded once again as a 40-storey skyscraper in Chechnya was engulfed with flames for hours yet did not collapse.

 

 

The blaze consumed an apartment building in Grozny, the Chechen capital [...]

Skyfall heavily edited by Chinese Government censors

Record-breaking James Bond film Skyfall opens today in China, but according to reports, some of its scenes have been censored and altered to make it acceptable to the Chinese authorities.

One scene that has been been completely culled takes place in Shanghai, when a French hitman (played by Ola Rapace) is shown shooting a Chinese security guard in the elevator lobby of a skyscraper before preparing for an assassination. …

It is not uncommon [...]

Broken crane could plummet 90-storeys to Manhattan streets below ANY MINUTE, warn experts

A broken crane dangling precariously high above Manhattan’s streets could ‘absolutely’ snap off, plunging to the sidewalks below, experts have warned.

The crane, which is helping to build the highest residential skyscraper in New York City at 157 West 57th Street, snapped in Superstorm Sandy’s vicious 95mph winds on Monday afternoon.

The boom now swings from the 90-story luxury high rise over the busy Midtown street, which was cleared as a precaution [...]

FLASH: Construction Crane Collapses, Dangles from Top of High-Rise over Midtown Manhattan

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The FDNY is at a high-rise under construction in Midtown where a crane has collapsed.

The call came in around 2:30 p.m. Monday at the building on West 57th Street. The top of the crane, about 75-stories up, could be seen dangling down from the luxury building.

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A Crane On Top Of A Midtown Building Has Broken And Could Fall

he crane on top of the the One57 building has broken. [...]

MAN FIRED FROM JOB GOES ON SHOOTING RAMPAGE AT EMPIRE STATE. SHOOTER WEARING SUIT, CARRYING BRIEFCASE

Refresh this page for the latest developments and read the full story on CNN.com.

[Updated at 11:26 a.m. ET] A disgruntled former employee of a business inside the Empire State Building shot a former coworker in the head in a dispute outside the building, New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said.

As suspect Jeffrey Johnson tried to flee the scene, he pulled a .45 caliber pistol on two approaching police officers, who opened fire [...]

BREAKING REPORT: Turkish Skyscraper On Fire – Video

A large blaze has broken out in a 42-story tower block in the center of the Turkish city of Istanbul. Firefighting crews brought the fire under control, rescuing those who had been trapped inside by the flames. Watch footage of the fire here.

More from RT:

“Footage from Turkish TV showed the building wrapped in a cloud of black smoke and debris falling from the block. State TV reported that helicopters were [...]

Dramatic rescue of Manhattan window washers stranded outside skyscraper’s 42nd floor after their scaffold BROKE

Two window washers who were stuck outside of the 42nd floor of a midtown Manhattan building were rescued after an hour of hanging out at the terrifying height.

Firefighters were able to bring the two men to safety by cutting open a window, throwing the men a rope and pulling them to safety.

One of the window washers, who is believed to be in his 60s, had to be hospitalized after the [...]

Ten strategies the super-wealthy use to dramatically reduce their tax bill

From Bloomberg Businessweek:

The ‘No Sale’ Sale
Cashing in on stocks without triggering capital-gains taxes

An executive has $200 million of company shares. He wants cash but doesn’t want to trigger $30 million or so in capital-gains taxes.

1. The executive borrows about $200 million from an investment bank, with the shares as collateral. Now he has cash.

2. To freeze the value of the collateral shares, he buys and sells “puts” and “calls.” These [...]

Stair climbing champion stripped of his title… after he rode the ELEVATOR to victory

Miguel Larios, 31, worked at the Aon Center where the race took place
Lost his job after posting ‘record-breaking’ time

A stair climbing champion who achieved a record-breaking time had a winning technique up his sleeve – taking the elevator.

Miguel Larios, 31, won the tough climb up the 62 storys of the Aon Center in downtown Los Angeles in an impressive seven minutes and 45 seconds. 

Larios, who worked at the skyscraper, had [...]

As the world starts the Second Great Depression and Europe this week released the highest unemployed figures on record…

What was set to become the tallest building in continental Europe, just as the Empire State Building became the tallest building in the world at the beginning of the First Great Depression, the Moscow Federation Tower is ablaze:

RT: A massive fire that engulfed Moscow’s Federation Tower for hours has been put out. Firefighters struggled to tackle the flames in a 300-square meter area of the under-construction skyscraper set to become [...]

The man arrested after CLIMBING up New York Times building… and all he wanted was a newspaper

In news-hungry times some people will go to great lengths to pick up their favourite reading material. 

One man was so desperate to get a copy of the New York Times that he attempted to climb up the outside of its Times Square headquarters today.

He made it to floor five of 52 before being coaxed down by police.

The man began his spiderman-style assent at 7am Saturday at the building on Eighth [...]

We shall NOT be moved! Chinese couple’s home left on dust ‘island’ for FOUR years after skyscraper developers move in around them

Couple refused small compensation from developers to move
Home cut off from water and electricity for almost four years

Steadfast Niu Chuangen and Zhang Zhongyun now facing threats from gangsters

Encircled by a growing forest of high-rise tower blocks, a couple’s home has become an isolated island of dirt – cut off from water and electricity for almost four years.

Niu Chuangen and Zhang Zhongyun dared to stand in the way of a local [...]

Campaign sharpens tech edge; Data mined to hone message to voters

From FT:

Working from his office in a nondescript skyscraper in downtown Chicago, Michael Slaby carries a title more suited to a Fortune 500 company than a body organising the scrappy street-by-street battle for votes in a presidential election campaign.

But as chief integration and innovation officer at Barack Obama’s campaign 2012 headquarters, Mr Slaby is part of what may become one of the most formidable and sophisticated electoral machines ever built.

 

“There is no magic [...]

Zuckerman: What Dems say about Obama when he’s not in room is astonishing

By JAMES FREEMAN

New York

‘It’s as if he doesn’t like people,” says real-estate mogul and New York Daily News owner Mortimer Zuckerman of the president of the United States. Barack Obama doesn’t seem to care for individuals, elaborates Mr. Zuckerman, though the president enjoys addressing millions of them on television.

The Boston Properties CEO is trying to understand why Mr. Obama has made little effort to build [...]

US Debt Rating Should Be ‘C’: Independent Agency (CNBC Video); Hoenig: Urges Fed hike to calm inflation fears

Just headlines:

Hoenig: Urges Fed hike to calm inflation fears

Asia Seeks to Diversify Record Reserves as U.S. Dollar Declines

US Debt Rating Should Be ‘C’: Independent Agency (CNBC Video)

US Treasury to cut issues as May 16 debt cap nears

US Expects To Issue $405 Billion In Debt In Jul-Sep Quarter

Portugal needs over 100 billion euros in aid – report

San Jose unveils details of ugly budget scenario

Santa Clara County budget woes hit hard (“$219.6 [...]

Daily highlights: 11/16/2010 – Investor Alert! Stock selloff goes global

by Saxplayer00o1

Global stock markets could easily fall much more than that, as they are currently the biggest bubble on record and no fundamentals to give the markets any support, like getting out of lift, part way down from the top of a skyscraper, only to discover there are no floors. It’s all on fake QE funny money built on hot air, with very real sovereign debts, [...]